Two teens in Florida were shot at while playing 'Pokémon GO'

Two Florida teens were playing "Pokémon GO" in a car when a man
who mistook them for burglars fired several bullets at their
vehicle,
reports Florida's News 4 JAX.

The teens, a 16-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man,
were playing the game in a residential neighborhood in Palm
Coast, Florida early on Saturday morning, around 1:30 a.m., when
a local man — unidentified by police — reportedly saw
brake lights on a car parked in front of his house. Deputies
told News 4 JAX that the unidentified man grabbed his gun and
went outside to confront the people inside the vehicle.

According to the report, the man then heard someone inside the
car say, "Did you get anything?" Since the teens were playing
"Pokémon GO," this was likely one teen asking the other if they
found any Pokémon. The man reportedly interpreted this question
as a sign that they were burglars, prompting him to step in front
of the car, point his gun at the teens, and command them not to
move.

Instead, the teens reportedly sped toward the man, who fired
several shots at the car. Thankfully, no one was
hurt. Florida police only heard about the incident after the
19-year-old man's parents saw bullet holes and a flat tire on
their son's car.

While this all sounds wild, in Florida it may be completely
legal.
Florida's controversial 2005 "Stand Your Ground" law empowers
gun owners to legally use deadly force in certain cases. Here's
the section in particular that applies in this case (bolded
emphasis is ours):

"A person is justified in using or threatening to use
deadly force if he or she reasonably believes that using
or threatening to use such force is necessary to prevent
imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or
another or to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible
felony. A person who uses or threatens to use deadly
force in accordance with this subsection does not have a duty to
retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground if the
person using or threatening to use the deadly force is not
engaged in a criminal activity and is in a place where he or she
has a right to be."